Neglect and Its Impact on Language

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A pretend case study is provided and includes background information about Sarah’s family, health, foster care, and future needs. The Greater Chicago-land area was assessed and includes ten professional resources that would help assist Sarah with her difficulties. These resources include the professional’s name, the location of his or her practice, phone number, website, and the reason Sarah needs to see this professional. An interview was conducted to further understand what one profession includes, and how professionals would help this pretend case study. The interviewee also assessed Chicago’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of city community resources. Neglect negatively affects language acquisition and will explore examples, causes, consequences, and intervention for lack of language. Neglect and Its Impact on Language Case Study Sarah* (name changed) is a four-year-old child who was removed from her home in Chicago, Illinois, by Child Protective Services at the age of three after neighbors called the police for hearing screaming from the house. Sarah’s mother used drugs and alcohol throughout her pregnancy, so she was born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Once Sarah was born, her mother continued her drug use instead of treating her addiction. Because of her FAS, Sarah developed differently than other children her age. She is much smaller than the average four-year-old child, and has typical facial features of a child with FAS, including a thin upper lip, flat philtrum, and small eyes. Because of the circumstances under which Child Protective Services found Sarah, they suspect she was neglected for the majority of her life. Sarah passed through three different foster homes over the course of a year and a half, an... ... middle of paper ... ...., & Martin, C. L. (2009). Exploring Child Development. http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_fabes_exploring_2/0,4768,226578- ,00.html Turnbull, K., & Justice, L. (2008). Language Development From Theory to Practice. (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc. Curtiss, S., Fromkin, V., Krashen, S., Rigler, D., & Rigler, M. (1974). The Linguistic Development of Genie. Language, 50, 125-154. Kaufmann, C., Morgaine, K., & Nelson, K. (2005). Children's Justice Act Task Force Child Neglect Study. Child Welfare Partnership Portland State University, . Zielewski, E., Malm, K., & Geen, R. (2006). Children Caring For Themselves and Child Neglect: When Do They Overlap?. The Urban Institute, , 1-32. National Child Abuse Statistics. (2014). Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse. Retrieved April 24, 2014, from http://www.childhelp.org/pages/statistics

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